Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation

1970s U.S. broadcast indecency case
Event decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states Q5440074
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Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation

Summary

Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation is in the country of United States[3].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's instance of is recorded as decision of the Supreme Court of the United States[4].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's publication date is recorded as +1978-07-03T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sx7v[6].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's participant is recorded as Federal Communications Commission[7].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's participant is recorded as Pacifica Radio[8].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's participant is recorded as Harry Plotkin[9].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's significant event is recorded as oral argument[10].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's main subject is recorded as obscenity[11].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's main subject is recorded as WBAI[12].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's main subject is recorded as seven dirty words[13].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's main subject is recorded as First Amendment to the United States Constitution[14].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[15].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's legal citation of this text is recorded as 438 U.S. 726[16].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's legal citation of this text is recorded as 98 S. Ct. 3026[17].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's legal citation of this text is recorded as 57 L. Ed. 2d 1073[18].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's legal citation of this text is recorded as 1978 U.S. LEXIS 135[19].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/FCC-v-Pacifica-Foundation[20].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's published in is recorded as United States Reports[21].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's United States Reports ID is recorded as 438/us/726[22].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's court is recorded as Supreme Court of the United States[23].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's majority opinion by is recorded as John Paul Stevens[24].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's U.S. Supreme Court docket number is recorded as 77-528[25].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 113[26].
  • Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation's Google Scholar case ID is recorded as 9738309099999149495[27].

Why It Matters

Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation ranks in the top 6% of decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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  12. [14] . 2019 Supreme Court Database, Version 2019 Release 1. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . 2019 Supreme Court Database, Version 2019 Release 1. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_federal-communications-commission-v-pacifica-foundation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/federal-communications-commission-v-pacifica-foundation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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